Manatee County Building Department

Absolutely the worst county to deal with! We hired a LICENSED pool contractor. He built an inground firepit, retaining wall and SPA without pulling the correct permit. I had NO idea. Manatee County conducted 18 inspections and did NOT notice these huge things?! I had to call code enforcement on myself to get them to deal with it! Then, they make us take over the permit after the contractor abandoned the job. The county told us we would NOT have to pay the $495 the contractor owed. After we completed the pool and REMOVED the spa, firepit, and wall they of course, made US pay the outstanding fees from the pool contractor. Their inspectors are terrible and so are the "managers". Then, when asked how they managed to not notice the unpermitted work, they said they would have at the "final, fina

Does scott may still work here have sent him many emails and left lots of voicemails with not a single return call or email. Im not the only one... someone look into him if he still works here been months now.

Worst county licensing department in the state of Florida. No wonder no contractor wants to work in Manatee county. Kevin in licensing department is one of the rudest most disrespectful person I have dealt with. Your suppose to be helping us when we have questions or needing clarification on things. And when asked to speak to the manger he almost hung up on me and didn’t want me to, until I insisted.

OK. I know that I'm just starting the process to obtain a building permit but I almost quit before even starting. The 2+ stars on Google reviews promised severe difficulty ahead. I made a call to the building department and yes, I was quickly transferred to where I got a recorded message. I huge up and called back and quickly and thoroughly described what I was trying to get accomplished with this phone call. I was trying to find out if they had building plans on file for the villa I live in. I was transferred to the Manatee Public Records department where JENN STRICKLAND answered. I stated that I was trying to find out if they had building plans on file and explained that I going to pull a permit in the next 1 - 2 months to enclose my lanai in my villa. She asked for my contact informatio

Literally the worst customer service! I hope the only reason these people have jobs is because there is no one to replace them. Ms. Charles is rude, unprofessional, and lies about basically everything. These people have serious power trip issues. The woman linked our electrical license to some random person and then lied and said we gave her the random email address. And then refused to answer her phone but was able to write 4 paragraph emails stating that the business owner's can't access their own accounts. Refusing to link our permitting department's email to our license. After MONTHS of the merry go round not once have they answered the phone or returned a voicemail. Closings had to be moved because Ms. Charles REFUSES to do her job. Email's and phone calls to supervisor go unanswered.